Smart Education and Sustainable Learning Environments in Smart Cities

"The book aims to explore how smart technologies can be integrated into educational frameworks to create inclusive, innovative, and environmentally sustainable learning environments within smart cities"-- Provided by publisher.

Dr Azar is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He also got his Ph.D. (in Applied Linguistics) from the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya. In a career spanning 27 years, he has worked as an EFL/ESL senior lecturer, researcher, and curriculum developer in Iran, Turkey, Qatar, and Malaysia. He has published and presented research papers on his topic of interest namely TESL, Academic Discourse Analysis, Genre Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Educational Technology, and English Language Teaching Strategies in several prestigious journals and international conferences. He is the Editor of three books, including 'Reconceptions of Policies, Strategies, and Challenges in Education 5.0.', 'Innovations in Educational Robotics: Advancing AI for Sustainable Development', and 'Smart Education and Sustainable Learning Environments in Smart Cities'. The books will be published by IGI Global- Publisher, USA. Besides, Dr. Azar has been appointed as a member of the Editorial Board for several journals, including the Asian Journal of University Education (AJUE), established by Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.

Dr. Shashi Kant Gupta, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Researcher, Computer Science and Engineering, Eudoxia Research University, USA in collaboration with Eudoxia Research Centre, India. ORCID: 0000-0001-6587-5607. He is working as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow, the Department of Scientific Research, Innovation and Training of Scientific and Pedagogical Staff, University of Economics and Pedagogy, Karshi City, Uzbekistan. He is working as a Research Collaborator and Invited Visiting Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of IoT and Cybersecurity, Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. He has completed his Ph.D. (CSE) from Integral University, Lucknow, UP, India, & Worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, ITM, Lucknow, U.P., India & Worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PSIT, Kanpur, U.P., India, Worked as Associate Professor, School of Computer Applications, BBD University, Lucknow, UP, India, Worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ambalika Institute of Management and Technology, Lucknow, UP, India. & Also worked as Senior Lecturer, Department of IT, MCSCET, Lucknow, UP, India. He is currently working as the Founder and CEO of CREP PVT. LTD., Lucknow, UP, India. He has been a member of Spectrum IEEE & Potentials Magazine IEEE since 2019 and many more international organizations for research activities. He is an Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Data Informatics and Intelligent Computing (IJDIIC). He has published many research papers in reputed international journals, conferences & seminars with SCOPUS and SCI indexing. He has got many awards from many International and national organizations. He has organized various Faculty Development Programs, Seminars, Workshops, and Short-Term Courses at the University level. His main research work focuses on Cloud computing, Big Data Analytics, IoT, and Computational Intelligence-based Education. He is currently working as a reviewer and editor in various international journals. He is currently an editor in many edited books of different publishers like CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group Publication, Routledge Publisher, Bentham Science Publishers, Springer Nature Publisher, Wiley Publisher, etc. He has published many patents in India, Germany, the UK, etc. in the field of CSE and IT. He has more than 12 years of teaching experience, 2 years of Industrial Experience, and more than 2.5 years as CEO and Founder of a firm.

Dr Khaleel Bader Al-Bataineh works as an associate professor of Applied Linguistics at Department of English Language and Translation at Petra University, Jordan. He obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from The National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 2012. Additionally, he holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in English language form Jordan with distinction. He worked in many universities in Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. His teaching experience amounts to 15 years at both under- and postgraduate levels, with good experience in empirical research and curriculum design. A major goal of his is to encourage learners to adopt learner-centered approaches to help them hone their language skills. He has many research papers published in international journals in the field of applied linguistics and e-learning. His research interests are applied linguistics, e-learning, blended learning, language in use, language analysis, speech acts and their role in communication and sociolinguistic behaviour.